Friday, August 30, 2013

Freestyle Fridays

Regina has an awesome card for us to look at today.  At least, from what I can tell from the sneak she sent me earlier this week.

 
Her mission this week was to stamp on designer paper using an offsetting color.  Looks like she did it, Right?? Head on over to her blog here and see for yourselves.  Be sure to look at her other posts this week.  She's also shared some other amazing work. Please be kind and leave a little comment. 
 
See Ya Next Week!

Friday, August 23, 2013

Freestyle Fridays

Good Friday to you!  The weatherman has promised warm weather for the weekend and clear skies.  Uh Huh.  I'll wait and see on that one.  I don't understand how a person can constantly get it wrong and still keep their job.  It's a mystery. 

I was asked for a baby card not so long ago so I decided to take on the challenge.  I don't do many of these and rather struggle with the concept.  So I went looking through the photos I took at convention.  Came upon one that I thought would do the trick and the card below is the result.  I apologize for the dark photo.  My home was recently robbed and my digital camera was taken along with a numerous amount of other items. Photos of this card were in there for which I had not loaded into my computer.  My friend Joanne took a picture and sent it to me by email.

 
The base is Old Olive with a layer of Rich Razzleberry and First Edition Specialty Paper that was stamped with Old Olive Ink.  The image is from Flowering Flourishes.  Old Olive Organza was added for a delicate touch.  Two colors, Rich Razzleberry and Very Vanilla, were ran through the Big Shot with a Spellbinder Nestabilities.  On the Very Vanilla, the sentiment from Occasions Alphabet was stamped with Old Olive Ink.  I rather like it.
 
********REGINA'S MISSION********
 
This week your mission, my dear Nice Regina, is to use designer paper and stamped on it using an offsetting color of course.  You can use it to make a card, box, tag, bookmark, etc, etc. For the rest you, you are always welcome to join in.  Contact us for details.
 
See Ya Next Week! 

Friday, August 16, 2013

Freestyle Fridays

Here we are at Friday again and it's Regina's turn to WOW us.  And WOW she has.  Her mission this week was to use Pink and from the look of the sneak that she sent me she seems to have use it very ingenuously. Besides, that's what Regina is, a Genius when it comes to crafting.
 
For a closer look and details head on over to her blog post here and see for yourself what a genius she really is.  All she was given was "use pink" and she came up with something like this!!!  That's a WOW for sure.
 
See Ya Next Week!

Friday, August 9, 2013

Freestyle Fridays

I'm super late posting today!!  I'm usually up at the crack of dawn and this morning it wasn't until 7:15 which is usually the time I am on the highway off to my full time job in the city.  Acckkk!!  It was a quick grooming and never mind checking my look 3 or 4 times before Frankii the dog and I were off and running. 
 
This week's card went to a friend of mine that celebrated a birthday on August 1st.  She loves pink.  I started with a piece of Whisper White cardstock and inked up the Floral background stamp with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink and brayered a bit of Spun Sugar over it to soften it up a bit.  Once that was dry I applied Versamark (direct to paper method) and covered that with clear embossing powder.  Unfortunately I could not capture the glossy sheen that this method created. 

 
To make it "pop" even more I layered that on a piece of Basic Black cardstock and used Whisper White as base.  I think the grosgrain ribbon that was layered on top of White Organza ribbon is Pretty In Pink.  I did a ribbon share a long time ago of many different colors and have plenty of it left.  It matched up pretty good.  The butterfly die (Spellbinders Les Papillons Two) was cut 3 times, twice with Whisper White and once with pink glitter cardstock.  I layered those 3 pieces together with Glossy Accents and added two rhinestones to the body.
 
Here's a closer look.
 
 
The Happy Birthday was stamped with Worn Lipstick and I did some sponging with that ink too once I cut the label die cut.
 
Regina I hope you like the ribbon.  I'm really trying to use it :)
 
********REGINA'S MISSION********
 
Regina your mission this week is to use PINK.  I  don't see you using it very often.  Are you up to the challenge?? 
 
Please don't hesitate to let us know when you'd like to join in.  We'll make a link to your blog.
 
See Ya Next Week!

Friday, August 2, 2013

Freestyle Fridays

Last week Regina was missioned to use purple.  Sometime ago her favorite color was Rich Razzleberry so I surprised to see her use the paler version of Wisteria Wonder. 

 
Looks like she took her time with the details and added some extra special touches.  To get a closer look at her project head on over to her blog post here.  Make sure to leave her a comment to let her know how much you appreciate the time she took to freely describe her technique.
 
See Ya Next Week!